Generating multiple buy and sell transactions

1. A computer implemented method for generating multiple buy/sell transactions during or prior to a completion of a buy/sell transaction of an item, comprising the steps of: receiving offers to buy the item from client devices associated with other purchasers before a first purchaser completes a buy/sell transaction of the item by a communications module of a server over the communications network; receiving an acceptance of one of the offers to buy from a client device associated with the first purchaser by the communications module of the server over the communications network; and processing the offer accepted by the first purchaser by a transaction module of the server during or prior to a completion of the buy/sell transaction of the item by the first purchaser, thereby facilitating multiple buy/sell transactions of the same item.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of publishing a plurality of offers to buy the item from the other purchasers to the first purchaser by a listing module of the server during a checkout process to complete the buy/sell transaction by the first purchaser.

3. A system for generating multiple buy/sell transactions during or prior to the completion of a buy/sell transaction of an item, comprising: a plurality of client devices connected to a communications network, each client device associated with a unique user; a server connected to the communications network and comprising: a communications module for receiving offers to buy the item over the communications network from client devices associated with other purchasers before a first purchaser completes a buy/sell transaction of the item, and receiving an acceptance of one of the offers to buy from a client device associated with the first purchaser; a transaction module for processing the offer accepted by the first purchaser during or prior to a completion of the buy/sell transaction of the item by the first purchaser, thereby facilitating multiple buy/sell transactions of the same item; and a database for storing the offers to buy the item from other purchasers and the offer accepted by the first purchaser.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the server further comprises a listing module for publishing a plurality of offers to buy the item from the other purchasers to the first purchaser during a checkout process to complete the buy/sell transaction by the first purchaser.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the client device is a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a web-enabled handheld device, or a phone.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the communications network is Internet.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable code configured to generate multiple buy/sell transactions during or prior to a completion of a buy/sell transaction of an item, the code comprising instructions configured for: receiving offers to buy the item from client devices associated with other purchasers before a first purchaser completes a buy/sell transaction of the item by a communications module of a server over the communications network; receiving an acceptance of one of the offers to buy from a client device associated with the first purchaser by the communications module of the server over the communications network; and processing the offer accepted by the first purchaser by a transaction module of the server during or prior to a completion of the buy/sell transaction of the item by the first purchaser, thereby facilitating multiple buy/sell transactions of the same item.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the computer executable code further comprises instructions configured for publishing a plurality of offers to buy the item from the other purchasers to the first purchaser by a listing module of the server during a checkout process to complete the buy/sell transaction by the first purchaser.